New Deal

noun

: the legislative and administrative program of President F. D. Roosevelt designed to promote economic recovery and social reform during the 1930s
also : the period of this program
New Dealer noun
New Dealish adjective
New Dealism noun

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First played in 1935, the Orange Bowl was the product of New Deal funds, as Miami struggled to redefine itself after the devastating hurricane of 1926 and the stock market crash of 1929. Kate Aguilar / Made By History, TIME, 9 Jan. 2025 The New Deal and World War II temporarily lessened these divisions by spreading manufacturing across town and country. Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025 His childhood farm in Georgia had been decimated by the Depression, then revived by the New Deal. Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 2 Jan. 2025 Southerners’ fealty to the party had been based on their appreciation for Roosevelt’s New Deal, and their bitterness over the 19th century Republicanism of Lincoln that helped erode the region’s strict racial hierarchies. Richard Fausset, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for New Deal 

Word History

Etymology

from the supposed resemblance to the situation of freshness and equality of opportunity afforded by a fresh deal in a card game

First Known Use

1932, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of New Deal was in 1932

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“New Deal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/New%20Deal. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.

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